Taqwacore film chosen for Sundance Film Festival!

The film version of The Taqwacores book about Muslim punx has been accepted into January's Sundance Film Festival! Congrats to director Eyad Zahra & author Michael Muhammad Knight!

Twisted Holidaze from the Bat!

The latest BATCAST is up and ready to roar thru yer speakers! Titled Twisted Holidaze from The Bat, it's Jesse romping through some oldies & newies from AT, plus talking 'bout some seasonal specials.

You can also subscribe to the Alternative Tentacles Batcast via iTunes!


IMPORTANT HOLIDAY ORDERING DEADLINES!
For Christmas/Hannukah season we have the following deadlines. Find your method of shipping/ordering and get your order in by the date below. This should ensure delivery by Wednesday December 23, 2009.

All orders sent through the mail should arrive at our PO Box by Monday November 30
International web orders Wednesday December 2
Media Mail web orders Wednesday December 9th
Priority Mail orders Wednesday December 16

Orders received after those dates will be sent out as quickly as possible.

We do not track packages and we do not ship any other method except US Postal Service (No Fed Ex, UPS, DHL, etc.).

Selling on Discogs

Although we prefer it when you buy directly from us, the ludicrous prices some people are charging for old AT releases on Discogs drove us to enter the fray.
Browse here if you'd like, but note that shopping directly through Alternative Tentacles mailorder is cheaper (because Discogs tacks on a small percentage of sales).

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Seller Profile -
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Anniversary of the Seattle WTO protests

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the 1999 Seattle WTO protests. Here are some news articles about this anniversary from Common Dreams, People's History Project, and Seattle Indymedia.
Always ahead of the curve, Jello Biafra along with Krist Novoselic (Nirvana), Kim Thayil (Soundgarden), and Gina Mainwal performed at a Dec 1 protest under the name The No W.T.O. Combo. Shepard Fairey did the cover artwork for the live recording, as he did most recently for the cover art on The Audacity of Hype. Here's some behind-the-scenes perspective on that day from Matt "The Tube"'s blog.
We are selling both the CD and LP of "Live From the Battle in Seattle" for $6.

Black Friday

Early Capitalism


they are perfecting the pillow
with which
you are being suffocated

now it sings to you
and shows you pictures-


- Joe Wenderoth
The Nation 11/23/09

William S. Burroughs on Thanksgiving

W. S. Burroughs - thanksgiving prayer -
by Maetthew

P.S.- Alternative Tentacles is closed Thursday and Friday for the U.S. national holiday of Thanksgiving. See ya Monday!

AT 30th Anniversary - Q&A with Akimbo

The "last hair band in Seattle", Akimbo, was kind enough to answer this Q&A for Alternative Tentacles' 30th Anniversary. Jon Weisnewski takes a second out of kicking the ass of video game world.

What is your first memory of Alternative Tentacles? What were you doing in 1979?

In 1979 I was UNBORN.
I discovered Dead Kennedys and Alternative Tentacles at the ripe age of 14. I was just getting into punk and listening to some undoubtedly awful pop punk when my Dad came into my room and told me if I liked that, I should check out the Dead Kennedys. He then played me "Too Drunk to Fuck" and "Holiday in Cambodia" (what a Dad!) and I was in the club. By the time I got around to In God We Trust, INC, shit was real.



What is your favorite Alternative Tentacles band? Favorite release?

My favorite AT band was easily Nomeansno. I bought the Sex Mad/You Kill Me CD used in a record store, simply because it had the bat logo on the back. Loved the album, but wasn't officially on board until I saw them live in 1998, at which point I used that handy catalogue that comes with all AT releases to order everything of theirs I could afford. I hate those catalogues, until you want something out of it, and then they're awesome. My favorite AT releases are (hands down!) Wrong, Sex Mad, and the Jello/Nomeansno collaboration The Sky is Falling and I Want My Mommy.


When did Jello ask you to put out a record on AT and how would life be different if you hadn't worked with AT?


Akimbo caught a lucky break when we lost a show in Pittsburgh on tour, and we ended up getting thrown onto the opening slot of a Melvins show instead. Jello was there debuting some songs off of the first Jelvins project and he saw our set, and then asked us for a few LPs. That will freak any dude out. About a year later, Jello asked us to open for the Jelvins, and then after the show asked if we wanted to do a record on Alternative Tentacles. It's pretty goddamn insane to spend your most formative years foaming over a small group of bands on a small DIY label, and then through a loose chain of circumstances get personally asked to be a part of that very group by it's executive. It still blows me away when I think about it.


Where do you see yourself in 2039?

In 2039 I see myself playing the Biafra 8-0.